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On 6/20/2012 4:01 PM, SI Committee wrote:
> On 2012-06-19 23:33 , Savageduck wrote:
>> On 2012-06-19 18:19:05 -0700, Alan Browne
>> <> said:
>>
>>> On 2012-06-19 20:27 , Savageduck wrote:
>>>
>>>> BTW here is the Google Maps URL for this location.
>>>> <
>>>> https://maps.google.com/?q=35.367166...t=h&om=1&hl=en
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> Slept
>>>>
>>> in Morro Bay and had breakfast on the dock there several years ago...
>>> (Tognazzini's?)
>>
>> Yup! It is still there.
>> < http://bonniemarietta.com/Dockside-Restaurant.htm >
>
> Prob'y not there then as we had breakfast. Per that site they're
> lunch/dinner. Another place down the dock.
>
>>> More interested in your thoughts on the SI idea.
>>
>> For those of us who use GPS as a normal practice I see no problem, but
>> there are going to be quite a few who will balk at the idea, and perhaps
>> be quite discouraged with the ideal of having to jump through the hoops
>> if it is going to be more than they want to deal with. I just think
>> there are too many who will not want to embrace the idea.
>
> Could be - We await their verdict. We may run a parallel SI for the geo
> minded.
>
>>
>> BTW: I have noticed in the past, some of my SI submissions show the
>> location when posted by the committee, and others don't even though the
>> tag is present.
>
> On uploading to Pbase there is a checkbox to "extract GPS" but once
> that's done, pbase doesn't seem to use the data (that I can see).
>
> I'll try to be sure that it remains on.
>
> I tested the pbase view and it showed the take point about 30 metres
> from the correct position. Panoramio renders it correctly.
>
>>
>> Here is one of my SI examples where it showed up. Note the blue link
>> below the image label, "view map" To keep things simple, Morro Bay again.
>> < http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/132946709 >
>> So somewhere within PBase is the ability to show the location, but it
>> seems to be quite random when it comes to displaying the link.
>
> Prob'y the setting was not at "extract GPS location".
>

Why not make geotag optional?
While i have been considering geotagging for my own purposes, I'm not
certain when I will implement it.

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Peter